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Goddard Scholars Academy at Sullivan Middle School

Overview

What is Goddard Scholars Academy?

Goddard Scholars Academy (GSA) is a city-wide magnet program serving highly-motivated students in grades 6-8. GSA provides a rigorous and accelerated academic program.

GSA encourages students to reach their full potential by developing pride, discipline and integrity in student's work through reading, writing, discourse, the arts, social interaction, and application of critical thinking to become civic-minded lifelong learners and leaders.

Highlights of Goddard Scholars Academy

  • Maximum Class Size of 25 Students

  • Several Enrichment Offerings

    • Enrichment Clusters

    • Guest Speakers

    • Student Presentations

    • Academy-Wide Challenges

    • Mixed-Grade Advisory

  • After School Clubs, Sports & Extra Help Offerings

    • Tuesday - Thursday Until 4:15 PM

    • Caregivers must provide transportation from after school help, sports and activities

  • Community Partnerships

    • Hanover Theatre

    • Clark University

    • College of the Holy Cross

    • MassEdCo

    • Community Harvest

Goddard Scholars Academy Academics

  • Core Academic Subjects

    • English Language Arts

    • Social Studies

    • Science

    • Math

    • Spanish

  • Weekly Health and Physical Education Classes

  • Enrichments

    • Technology

    • Visual and Performing Arts

What About High School?

  • Goddard Scholars Academy continues at South High Community School for grades 9-12

  • Goddard Scholars are expected to take at least five Advanced Placement Courses over the four years at South High

  • Full scholarship to Clark University for the top two students who are in the program grades 6-12

  • Goddard Scholars are very successful in gaining admission to top colleges and universities

Expectations of Goddard Scholars

Goddard Scholars Academy is an accelerated program designed for highly-motived, high-achieving students.

The faculty of the GSA expect that all students will complete all work to the best of their abilities. Students should expect approximately one to two hours of homework each night.

Students are expected to maintain a grade average of 80% or higher in all subjects. If a student drops below 80% in any particular subject they must arrange to get extra help from the teacher of that subject after school.

Questions?

If you have any questions about Goddard Scholars Academy at Dr. Arthur F. Sullivan Middle School, please email Andrea Ostrovsky.